Biographical Sketch of John MACKEY (1881); Chester County, PA

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from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881);

Mackey, John, so of Robert Mackey, a lieutenant in the provincial forces of 
1747-8, as a native of Chester County and a representative farmer thereof.  He 
was a member of the Constitutional Convention of July 15, 1776; of the Council 
of Safety from Oct 17, 1777 to Dec. 4, 1777; of the Supreme Executive Council 
from Nov.. 21, 1777 to Oct 23, 1779; and in March, 1777, appointed a justice of 
the peace.  He resided in the twp of New London, SW of the village of that name, 
on a tract of land held under a Maryland patent.  He died in Sept. 1787, leaving 
a wife, Jane, and children - David, Robert, John, Margaret, Rachel )married to 
Wm. Sherer) and Mary (married to a Mr. Alison.)  His youngest son, John, 
inherited the land, about 240 acres.